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24.—The Origin of the Short-range Alpha Particles of Fission*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2012

N. Feather
N. Feather
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Edinburgh.
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Synopsis

The suggestion is made, and rendered plausible by detailed calculation, that the short-range α-particles of fission, identified by Kugler and Clarke [1], are emitted, in competition with ‘prompt’ γ-rays, from highly excited post-neutron-emission fragments of even neutron number N and, predominantly, of mass number A in the range 140 ≦ A ≧ 145. A similar process is energetically forbidden in relation to triton emission.

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Research Article
Information
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 71 , Issue 4 , 1974 , pp. 285 - 292
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1974

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